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Joao M.

I am a native Portuguese speaker with many years of experience as a language teacher and as a translator. I offer tutoring in both conversational and formal Portuguese (grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, usage) to students of all levels and backgrounds with personalized lessons. These lessons will be fun, geared toward your personal goals and interests, and will always take into account your learning style and pace.

I tutor both private individuals and small groups. We can meet at my studio in Irvine, anywhere in the Irvine/Newport Beach area, or online. My schedule is flexible and includes mornings, evenings and weekends.

If you want to:

- prepare for a trip to Brazil or Portugal, - become more fluent in order to excel in social or business settings- brush up on what you have already learned, - or truly master the Portuguese language,

then I am ready to help you reach your goals by developing a lesson plan that will best suit your needs.

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About Joao

I believe that anyone can learn an instrument and, even more importantly, that everyone can enjoy the process of learning music.
I lived in Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, and in Boston before moving to New York. Moving around so much has brought me in contact with all sorts of people an

Recent Reviews

Alex & Jessica

If you're reading this, you are very lucky because you've just found the most amazing music teacher!
Our son has studied piano with Joao for the past four years. He started with Joao when he was six and continues to this day. He loves Joao. Joao is a patient, intuitive and adaptive teacher that provides incredible instruction, in any music genre. He honed in on our son's musical interests early on, making learning piano fun and interesting. We often say, Joao is not just teaching our son piano, he is giving him a music education, introducing him to an array of amazing pieces from different genres. He's a rare talent both as a teacher and musician. We feel incredibly lucky to have found him. You will too!

Michael

I studied jazz piano with Joao for over a year. In my time working with him, I learned a tremendous amount. Joao is both an extremely talented musician and a skilled instructor. He clearly cares a great deal about his students and their progress. He was always patient (especially during weeks when my practicing had been slow) and both encouraging and supportive of my efforts to master new concepts in jazz. Joao has an excellent sense for what his students want to accomplish in their musical explorations, and an ability to tailor his lessons to the student’s unique goals. He has an impressive knowledge of both the history of jazz and music theory which makes him an incredible resource for learning about the jazz idiom. Last but not least, Joao was very personable and fun to talk to, and I always a enjoyed working with him. He is an outstanding teacher.

Margaret

Joao is an amazing piano teacher. I would highly recommend taking lessons with him!

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Rodrigo R.

Students will develop a strong vocabulary while using a technique that build healthy vocal habits. Many aspects of every day actions will be applied through songs that help exemplify the Spanish language.Diction, interpretation, reading and writing exercises, support and focus, all of this while having fun! Also, they will acquire tools needed to keep an everyday communication.

About Rodrigo

With an associates degree from El Camino, and lots of musical studies in Mexico, I have been fortunate to tour through the States and through my country. My lessons include real working tips for the real life, keeping it fun as the material is created for your specific needs. I am a multi-instrumen

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Tui

My son is a BEGINNER beginner. Rodrigo is a very nice guy and seems to know his stuff very well. I would give him 5 stars but I don't think he realized that my son needed the basic, basic 1st lesson (i.e. how to hold the instrument). We've only attended one session so this is fully based on that one lesson. I'm sure he'll adjust his teaching from here on out.

Rosa Rodriguez

Mr. Rodrigo is a professional, respectful and super patient instructor. I could not made a better choice. I am looking forward to my next class @

Axel

Rodrigo is a great teacher, not only an expert musician, but he shares all his knowledge.

Luisa I.

My name is Luisa, I am from Spain and I live in LA for 5 years, time in which I've been tutoring Spanish to all kind of ages. From beginners to advance students, helping as well to all kind of professionals whom need translations, speech or just improve specific vocabulary.

My method is just fun and personalized straight to learn in a different way!

About Luisa

Hola! This is Luisa, I am from Spain and living in LA for more than 5 years in which I've tutoring Spanish. I coursed Linguistic Degree in the University of Valencia, languages, and Spanish in particular is my passion.
For long time I've been teaching Spanish to all kind of ages, from kids to adul

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teaching the student from the beginning and in practical and understandable ways, not speaking to the student in their original language helps to force learning faster. learning a new language depends a lot on the technique used by the instructor, this is the differential to show the student that he is able to learn quickly, create homework that stimulates the brain to learn, Portuguese is a very flexible language and therefore In the beginning, great care must be taken with errors that cannot be translated.learn portuguese with me quickly.

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Marina H.

I set up a situation that learners are likely to encounter in real life.

About Marina

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